Ajoy Mehta has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra
Ajoy Mehta (1984-batch I.A.S- Indian Administrative Officer), the municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also known as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary (CS) of Maharashtra.
Key points:
i. He holds the distinction of being the longest-serving BMC commissioner.
ii. Mehta’s predecessor UPS Madan (1983 batch IAS officer), who has opted for voluntary retirement (under V.R.S.- voluntary retirement scheme) after serving the post of CS for just 44 days makes him the shortest- serving CS of Maharashtra. He still had five months of service left and for that period he has been appointed as the chairman of SICOM (State Industrial Investment Corporation Of Maharashtra) and also as special advisor to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.
iii. 1985-batch I.A.S officer- Praveen Pardeshi (the additional chief secretary to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis) has been appointed as the new municipal commissioner chief of Mumbai, succeeding Ajoy Mehta.
iv. Mehta will retire in September 2019.
v. One of the notable works of Mehta as the principal secretary, department of energy under Maharashtra government include the transition of the state-owned Maharashtra State Electricity Board into 3 independent companies which were dedicated to generation, transmission, and distribution.